University of Utah

University Of Utah Student Dies After Fall From Chairlift

AP | BRIAN SKOLOFF and PAUL FOY | Posted 03.31.2012

SALT LAKE CITY — A University of Utah student suffered a seizure before she fell from a chairlift at a Park City ski resort and died in an extre...

Will This Building Do "What The Sydney Opera House Did For Australia?"

Jacob Slevin | Posted 01.09.2012

Jacob Slevin

In just over a week, the Natural History Museum of Utah will re-open to the public along the Wasatch Range, a the 17-acre site at the edge of the City and the University of Utah campus, viewing out towards the Great Salt Lake, the Oquirrhs mountain range, Kennecott copper mines, Mount Olympus and Salt Lake City.

Steam Pipe Sprays 12 Workers At University Of Utah

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

SALT LAKE CITY — Authorities say 12 workers were hurt when a steam pipe burst at the University of Utah and sprayed scalding water on subcontrac...

Is High Altitude Linked To Suicide Risk? Study Finds Insufficient Oxygen Intake Could Heighten Risk

ABC News | Lee Dye | Posted 05.25.2011

Is it possible that living in the mountains can make it more likely that someone will commit suicide? Maybe, according to startling new research sugge...

Utah Likely To Join Colorado In The Pac-10

AP | BROCK VERGAKIS | Posted 05.25.2011

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah is poised to become the 12th member of the Pac-10 as the conference quickly pivoted Wednesday to invite the Utes after bei...

Utah Oil Spill: Officials Say Oil Hasn't Reached Great Salt Lake

AP | BROCK VERGAKIS | Posted 05.25.2011

SALT LAKE CITY — Emergency workers believe they have stopped a 21,000-gallon oil leak from reaching the environmentally sensitive Great Salt Lak...

Utah Student Journalists May Not Graduate After Paper Gag

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

The records of nine graduating seniors at the University of Utah are being held by the college after it determined their roles in a newspaper prank vi...

Utah Professors Develop Tiny Robots To Help In Surgeries

The Daily Utah Chronicle | Posted 05.25.2011

Jake Abbott, a professor in the department of mechanical engineering, has developed a series of microrobots that could potentially change the future o...

Small Number Of Adults 'Supertaskers,' Study Finds

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

A recent study by scientists at the University of Utah confirms that multitasking is an activity for an elite few. The Daily Utah Chronicle has more:...

Asilisaurus Fossil Predates Dinos By 10 million Years

The Daily Utah Chronicle | Posted 05.25.2011

A recent discovery of the now-earliest known relative to dinosaurs has paleontologists looking deeper and differently into the ancient world. A res...

Sexuality-Related Stress Prevalent in Utah

The Daily Utah Chronicle | Posted 05.25.2011

The mood was somber in the Officer's Club at Fort Douglas as grave statistics were presented concerning the health of sexual minorities. "There are...

Utah Staffers By Day, Roller Derby Girls By Night

The Daily Utah Chronicle | Posted 05.25.2011

Three days out of the week, three University of Utah Health Care employees trade in their white coats and name tags for retro roller skates and a spor...

Gene Patent Trial Begins: Biotech Researchers Sued Over Ownership Of Gene Discoveries

AP | LARRY NEUMEISTER | Posted 05.25.2011

NEW YORK — A judge on Tuesday weighed whether a lawsuit should proceed that seeks to invalidate a company's patents on two genes linked to an in...

University Of Utah And HBO In "Big Love" Fight

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

SALT LAKE CITY — The University of Utah says the HBO series "Big Love" can't use the school's name or logo without its permission. University o...